Sudden Realisation
So I finally went to see the doctor yesterday and got my prescription of antibiotics - 5 tablets for $17.60! Anyway, the main thing is that I am feeling better, most probably because I spent half the consultation chatting with the doctor about being a doctor (Since he knew I was a medical student). Interesting stuff.
Today, my friend told me one of the reasons he wanted to be a doctor, which really, really made a lot of sense. You know everytime when you fall sick, be it the flu or just fever or physical pain? You always feel kind of helpless and unsure of what to do, even if you scoured the Internet for information regarding your illness.
Then you go and see the doctor.
It's all very simple. You talk to the doctor, and he talks to you. And provided it's a nice doctor you can immediately trust, when he tells you that you'll be alright, it seems as if things will be alright. There's just something magical about it. It's a form of blind faith except that it isn't some religion.
I thought about that, and I realise, it's true - well, at least for me it is. Moreover, someday in the future, I am going to be that person. The someone that sick people will come to for help and stuff. That people will innately trust. I don't know about you, but I think it's a great feeling!
We had our first lectures on human psychology today, and I realise that every single time you visit the doctor and try to get an MC when you're not sick but he still gives it to you, it's completely because he wants to and does it out of altruism. No, you're not smarter than him nor are you a good liar, it's just that being nice is what doctors do (Well, most of them excluding the SAF doctors).
In fact, the lecturer said that he would be disappointed if we refused to give an MC to someone who came in and complained of pain and other symptoms without a definitive disease.
People say Med School is hard and all, but that just completely misses the point. We really learn every aspect of the human body - the mind, the body and perhaps a little bit of the soul. We might not know what what is exactly wrong with your body or what you're thinking, but I think we can be pretty sure. The interesting thing is that we do all these not to manipulate people and make them do things for our purposes, but it's to help them.
I chose the right course. That's for sure. And I think everyone should have a hand in medicine. It's just so wonderful and fulfilling when you realise that you have the ability to help other people in so many ways. Though the path is long and the journey ahead may be tough, today is the day I realised that it will all be worthwhile.
Today, my friend told me one of the reasons he wanted to be a doctor, which really, really made a lot of sense. You know everytime when you fall sick, be it the flu or just fever or physical pain? You always feel kind of helpless and unsure of what to do, even if you scoured the Internet for information regarding your illness.
Then you go and see the doctor.
It's all very simple. You talk to the doctor, and he talks to you. And provided it's a nice doctor you can immediately trust, when he tells you that you'll be alright, it seems as if things will be alright. There's just something magical about it. It's a form of blind faith except that it isn't some religion.
I thought about that, and I realise, it's true - well, at least for me it is. Moreover, someday in the future, I am going to be that person. The someone that sick people will come to for help and stuff. That people will innately trust. I don't know about you, but I think it's a great feeling!
We had our first lectures on human psychology today, and I realise that every single time you visit the doctor and try to get an MC when you're not sick but he still gives it to you, it's completely because he wants to and does it out of altruism. No, you're not smarter than him nor are you a good liar, it's just that being nice is what doctors do (Well, most of them excluding the SAF doctors).
In fact, the lecturer said that he would be disappointed if we refused to give an MC to someone who came in and complained of pain and other symptoms without a definitive disease.
People say Med School is hard and all, but that just completely misses the point. We really learn every aspect of the human body - the mind, the body and perhaps a little bit of the soul. We might not know what what is exactly wrong with your body or what you're thinking, but I think we can be pretty sure. The interesting thing is that we do all these not to manipulate people and make them do things for our purposes, but it's to help them.
I chose the right course. That's for sure. And I think everyone should have a hand in medicine. It's just so wonderful and fulfilling when you realise that you have the ability to help other people in so many ways. Though the path is long and the journey ahead may be tough, today is the day I realised that it will all be worthwhile.
posted by Ryzier @ 3:31 pm
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